| Bus pass fees |
Annual fee for:
- Persons who are receiving federal Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
- Persons aged 65 and older who meet all of the eligibility requirements for the GIS except the 10-year residency requirement
- Persons aged 60 and over who are receiving the federal Spouse’s Allowance to OAS
- Persons aged 60 or older who are receiving income assistance
- Persons aged 60 or older who live on a First Nations reserve and receive income assistance from the band office
- A spouse of a person who has a PWD designation :
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- Is aged 60 and over who are receiving disability assistance.
- Receives federal Spouse’s Allowance to OAS or GIS
- Is 65 years of age or older who meets all the eligibility requirements for GIS except the 10 year residency requirement
Note: No Annual fee for applicants and recipients with the PWD Designation.
Note: For recipients with the PWD designation who are receiving disability assistance that turn 65 years of age, their eligibility for the bus pass is transitioned to a bus pass under the Senior’s Bus Pass Program. In the year they transition there is no fee.
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$45 |
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Replacement fee for:
All client categories
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- First lost pass:$10
- Second lost pass:$20
- Third lost pass: $50
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| Child benefits top-up supplement1 |
First child |
*$243.75 per calendar month |
| Second child |
*$215.58 per calendar month |
| Third and each additional child |
*$205.08 per calendar month |
Community volunteer supplement
(applications closed) |
Per eligible recipient |
Up to $100 per calendar month |
| Co-op share purchase supplement |
Lump sum |
Limited to the smaller of following:
- $850
- 50% of cost of membership shares
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| Crisis supplement |
Food |
Up to $50 per person per month |
| Clothing |
Up to:
$110 per person per year
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| Shelter |
Restricted to the actual cost up to the maximum combined shelter and support rates, as shown in Rate Table: Income Assistance, Disability Assistance or Hardship Assistance, plus the following actual amounts that the family unit is eligible to receive:
- Shared Parenting Assistance
- Pre-Natal Shelter Supplement
- Housing Stability Supplement
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| Funeral costs |
Funeral provider's basic service fee |
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| Other items or services fee |
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| Transportation fee |
- Kilometres 0 to 32: Included in funeral provider's basic service fee
- Kilometres 33 to 82: $1.00 per km
- Kilometres 83 to 182: $0.90 per km
- Kilometres above 182: $0.60 per km
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| Cost of urn |
Up to $200
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| Guide Dog and Service Dog Supplement |
Per eligible recipient or dependant |
$95 per calendar month |
| Housing Stability Supplement |
Actual shelter costs when a member of the family unit is temporarily absent from the usual place of residence or passes away |
Up to combined support and shelter allowance that would have been provided prior to the temporary absence of a family member from the usual place of residence or death, subject to actual shelter costs |
| School start-up supplement |
Child aged 5 to 11 |
$120 per calendar year |
| Child aged 12 to 18 |
$210 per calendar year |
| Transportation Supplement |
Per eligible adult recipient |
$52 per calendar month |
| Transportation to Residential Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility Supplement |
Travel allowance related to vehicle transportation |
$0.36 per kilometre |
| Allowance for exceptional cases where circumstances warrant a meal |
$8 per meal |
| Travel supplement |
Per eligible adult recipient |
Up to $46 per calendar month |
| Transitional Transportation Support |
Per eligible adult recipient
[See Transportation Supplement – Policy]
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$52 per calendar month |
| Winter supplement |
Single person with no dependent children |
$60 per calendar year |
| Childless couple |
$120 per calendar year |
| Either single- or two-parent family with dependent children |
$120 per calendar year
plus $20 for each dependent child |
Last updated on August 1, 2025